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4.11.10 | Women's Tennis
Johnson earns Owls singles wins
VESTAL, N.Y. -- Junior Lauren Bates became the third Binghamton player in program history to win 70 career singles matches, highlighting a 6-1 win by Binghamton (12-2) over Temple (7-11) in women's tennis action on Sunday afternoon at the West Gym Courts.
Bates, who is now 70-26 all time, recorded a 6-1, 6-2 win over Anastasiia Rukavshnykova at first singles. At second doubles, she joined sophomore Emma Leibowicz for an 8-1 win against Josephine Bergman and Katharina Mittag.
Junior Anna Edelman and sophomore Marina Bykovskaya won 8-4 at first doubles against Rukavshnykova and Lucie Pazderova. Edelman went on to beat Bergman 7-6 (2), 6-3 at second singles.
At third doubles, sophomore Jillian Santos and junior Yulia Smirnova won 8-3 over Theresa Stangl and May Johnson. Smirnova later beat Stangl 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 at fourth singles while Santos scored a 6-2, 6-1 win over Pazderova at third singles.
Senior Danyelle Shapiro was a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Katharina Mittag at sixth singles.
TU's lone winner was May Johnson in singles play, picking up a 2-6, 6-3 (8), victory at number five.
Temple hosts UMBC on Wednesday, April 14, at 1:00 p.m.
SINGLES
1. Lauren Bates (BING) def. Anastasia Rukavshnykova (TEMPLE) 6-1, 6-2
2. Anna Edelman (BING) def. Josephine Bergman (TEMPLE) 7-6 (2), 6-3
3. Jillian Santos (BING) def. Lucie Pazderova (TEMPLE) 6-2, 6-1
4. Yulia Smirnova (BING) def. Theresa Stangl (TEMPLE) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
5. May Johnson (TEMPLE) def. Marina Bykovskaya (BING) 2-6, 6-3, 10-8
6. Danyelle Shapiro (BING) def. Katharina Mittag (TEMPLE) 6-3, 6-2
1. Edelman & Bykovskaya (BING) def. Rukavshnykova & Pazderova (TEMPLE) 8-4
2. Bates & Leibowicz (BING) def. Bergman & Mittag (TEMPLE) 8-1
3. Santos & Smirnova (BING) def. Johnson & Stangl (TEMPLE) 8-3
